Any recommendations for a glove that is waterproof, well thermally insulated and not too bulky - is that too much to expect? Anything from the HG range? -- jeremy ['75 RD250A (sold on e-bay awaiting collection)] ['02 Fazer 600 in blue] _______________________________________ jeremy at hireserve dot com
I have a pair of Dainese "Antarctic" goretex gloves - not too thick, but totally waterproof and very, very warm. In fact, too warm for spring/autumn - purely a winter glove, but very good. I also have a pair of Dainese "Dry Line" gloves which are 3-season waterproof gloves - also very good. Don't think they're available any more, though. Many people will try and tempt you to the path-of-two-fingers i.e. HG lobster-glubs. I found them shite in every way. Clumsy-feeling, not particularly warm, very stupid looking. And if you wear them over your jacket, and water runs down inside them, they're fucked.
So would you choose to wear these ones this coming Sunday ? Seriously if we're talking say 8 deg C - they'd be too warm? I'm doing one of these Bikesafe assessed rides on Sunday so will be out for 2-3 hours I guess... don't want to freeze my fingers Something similar though presumably available. I have seen them and they really do look clumsy. thanks -- jeremy ['75 RD250A (sold on e-bay awaiting collection)] ['02 Fazer 600 in blue] _______________________________________ jeremy at hireserve dot com
Thanks for the recommendation. The HG stuff generally seems to get good reviews. -- jeremy ['75 RD250A (sold on e-bay awaiting collection)] ['02 Fazer 600 in blue] _______________________________________ jeremy at hireserve dot com
actually, yes - they're brilliant when it's icy and snowy, but if it's much above freezing, my hands start to get sweaty and uncomfortable really quickly.
Legend has it (I don't remember where I saw it) that for every 6mph you travel, the temperature drops by 1 degree. If you find your mits getting a trifle warm I'd say that's a good reason to go faster Yes. Getting to the lever just in time for impact is going to be a bit late. It's going to be a bit warm for bar muffs soon but you really can't do better if you want to keep the worst of the winter out. I wear full on winter gloves and muffs for the absolute worst and then switch to fingerless gloves and muffs once the winter ones get too hot. Once the sun comes out and it gets too warm for muffs then it's gay[1] fingerless gloves until about October. [1] I say gay because the last ones I had had "born to be wild" type studs on them[2] [2] They were a fiver from the market, they're double thickness on the palms and sides and survived unscathed in a little offski I had. No problem.
The retaining tab on mine ripped off when I was putting them on one morning. I concur, they are, IMO, rubbish. But very cheap.
Agreed, these are very good - too warm for 8C I would have thought - but the insulation in the fingertips in mine seem to have compressed after a winter's commuting, so they're not as warm as they were. Excellent inner cuff arrangement too. If the weather's nice I'm back to leather jacket & summer gloves though. TimP
Jeremy emerged from their own little world to say I love my Alpinstars faux leather & neoprene gloves. Quite the most waterproof gloves I've ever owned. I wear them in all but the coldest weather[1]. The only negative thing about them is that the cuff is small and therefore goes inside your jacket. Therefore, with the "outstretched arm" riding postion on my bike you can get rain blowing up your sleeve if you are dapping on a bit. http://www.customlids.co.uk/gloves/astar/astar.htm scroll down to the ST1 Drystar. Mine are blue. [1] heated grips help
BMW "Summer Rain" gloves, featuring Gore-Tex laminate, worn over a pair of "Outlast" Phase Change Material inner gloves in cold weather. For really cold conditions (IME 180 miles at temperatures down to below freezing) select one of two settings for the heated grips! YKIMS
Jeremy wrote I use them and they are not. Far from it in fact. If you don't like the two fingered idea then they have the same technology available in a slightly colder but just as waterproof 4 fingered glove. Rather than listen to all the uninformed bollox on here why not pop down to your local emporium and see for yourself.
Paul Varnsverry wrote Heated kin grips!! Kin poofs and pansies the lot of you. Are they the ones that slide inside the bars with the variable settings and stuff? Just asking like.
Martyr! Slide *over* the bars. What sort of bike have you ridden where the grips are *inside* the bars?
Some people route coolant pipes thru the bars. People who live in proper cold countries I suspect. Not an off the shelf deal though.
Paul Varnsverry wrote Story of my life that is. My mistake, you are talking about grips and not finger heating systems in general. I was thinking of the bar insert type.
They're pleasantly waterproof, but not phenomenal at keeping the cold out. When I used to commute year-round by bike, my fingers would be rather cold within 25 minutes or so. When I wore them out for a run last Sunday, I lasted about an hour before my fingertips were painfully cold.
To be fair, you can get heating blocks that go inside the bars & heat the grips from the inside. Popular on snowmobiles apparently.
Quite. I have visited. I have purchased. Along with a fog city visor insert (waste of money?) and fleecy/thermal thing that goes around your neck and optionally over the whole of your head balaclava-stylee. And some ear plugs. -- jeremy ['75 RD250A (sold on e-bay awaiting collection)] ['02 Fazer 600 in blue] _______________________________________ jeremy at hireserve dot com
Jeremy wrote Well liked round these parts, in general. A simple tube is the bollox about this there is no argument. However the materials used in construction are an issue, it varies and affects comfort. I have not tried a neoprene ones but I would think that would be the ultimate. Make your bike go 15% faster.
